Meanings
nounautoreverse (uncountable)
- uncountableA device in a tape recorder or player that enables playback or recording the tape in both directions, by changing the direction of the tape transport or by physically flipping the cassette.
verbautoreverse (third-person singular simple present autoreverses, present participle autoreversing, simple past and past participle autoreversed)
present singular third person autoreverses · participle present autoreversing · participle past autoreversed · past autoreversed
- intransitiveTo reverse automatically.
Unless the animation also autoreverses, the animation will “jump” from its end to its start to begin the next repetition.
2011, Matt Neuburg, Programming iOS 4, page 363
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APA
autoreverse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoreverse
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“autoreverse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoreverse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoreverse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoreverse.
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